Rockland High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Rockland, ME)

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THE CAULDRON 5' vL- L- 11- Q- Q- Q- .vs-g:L- 5511- 11- ol- 11- -'xg' 1- 1- g- ,021 vs- JL- rs- os- 11- nl- ag- :Q ag- 1-4 ,i:s':v::- :gig .Q ... :Q .v- :Q :,- :Q :...':v. .Q .Q :-':- :v-Ts :Q-T- :.':-':e':.-':.':,. :.. used to hold dances in the Tower Room every Saturday night. Even if you didn't dance you went just the same because it gave you a chance to talk with all the crowd. The boys used the gymnasium Saturdays and nights after school for basketball. The bowling alleys were open every night. Then the war broke out, and the Naval and Coast Guard Bases moved here. Saturday nights the Tower Room was reserved for the officers - -IF they wanted to have a dance. The gymnasium was closed to high school students except for league games, and the bowling alleys were open only two nights a week. This left the younger group out in the cold, and they resented the Navy and the Coast Guard. What was there for them to do on Saturday nights? The boys go to the pool room, the girls go to each other's houses and only a few can get together at one time. There should be a place where ALL those of high school age can go to dance, play ping pong, and listen to the records: a place they can call their own. The boys and girls could find a building, furnish it themselves, and put it on a self-supporting basis by charging weekly dues, BUT they need the help of grown-ups to get started. It is a citizen's duty. If they want good citizens tomorrow they must help the younger generation today. RUTH McMAHON en.:-4-1,0-. an pp . If .TJ .T .L-I -T5 -I THE IMPORTANCE OF ATHLETICS TO THE YOUTH OF TODAY Health is especially important to the youth of today because many of them are being sent all over the world to fight for us - -to fight for Victory. Athletics are important because they promote health. High schools all over the United States are taking up athletic programs to help the boys get physically fit for whatever part of the armed forces they may choose. Football helps the boys to be attentive and to act swiftly. It helps them to learn the word TEAMWORK which is so important in any job to be done. They must follow training rules in order to be able to have every muscle co- ordinate with their specific plays. Basketball, although an indoor game, is another sport which requires diligent work and an abundance of skill. Here again the training rules must be followed. High schools are offering simi- lar programs for girls who wish to be physically fit for war time duties. Athletics are important to our youth today because they promote health, teamwork, and skill-- three important factors for our builders of tomorrow. JOAN LOOK 10

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Q I I if Bott mal F3 IUVENILE DELINQUENCY Crimes are not a new thing to us. We have all read about them and those people who commit them. We know that criminals are punished for their crimes. Today we not only have to punish our criminals but there is a greater need for preventing crimes. The law is not coping with the usual run of the mill tough guy, but with boys and girls who are to be our citi- zens of tomorrow. No soldier, who has given his life's blood so that these boys and girls can have their usual way of life, wants to come home and see what he fought for and defended placed in the hands of these irresponsible and delinquent boys and girls. ' We know that the war has increased juvenile delinquency, but it is not entirely to blame. A lot of it is caused by the parents themselves who fail to find out what their children do in their spare time. They give their chil- dren a house key and let them come and go as they choose. A mother who goes off to Red Cross to roll bandages and leaves a note for her daughter, -- Have gone to Red Cross. Please pick up house. Home later. Mom. is more to blame than the daughter. She may think that she is helping the war effort, and in the meantime she is destroying what would have been a good citizen. Boys are looking for a thrill and think they find the answer in smoking Marijuana cigarettes and drinking. Teen age boys who aren't old enough for the Army like to carry on make believe wars. A gang of kids in Connecticut smashed down the gravestones in a cemetery with a tractor. They told the police they were having a tank battle and the markerswere enemy fortifications. Gangs of commandos have entered night clubs and restaurants to terrorize the patrons. Small boys have stolen pocketbooks in dark theaters, and teen age boys have cut open the seats and stuffed lighted cigarettes inside. Two boys in New York derailed and set fire to some tank cars and caused 2151211000 in damage. A lot of this war time juvenile delinquency could be prevented if the boys and girls had recreational facilities that they could call their own. We all know that right here in Rockland the high school boys and girls 9

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i I Q tterar 23 LADIES IN DISTRESS Oh! Henrietta, what shall we do? cried the quite hysterical pompous old maid. What can that rattling in the attic be? And that pounding on the roof. Oh! My dear, there's somebody up there as sure as we're alive. There now, calm yourself, Constantina, everything will be all right, soothed the other half of the maiden set: but let's do hurry and do some- thing about it. You wait here while I go down the street and find officer Clancy. He'll help us. And leave me here alone? Oh, no! All right then, dear, you go and I'll stay here and wait for you to re- turn. Now hurry! The fearsome old maid waddled hurriedly down the street, her petticoats waving merrily in the breeze as she scurried. Having run what seemed to her miles, but really was only six blocks, she came upon officer Clancy. She explained to him in a very treble voice, the dreadful happenings at their house. As the rule states that an officer must report to headquarters any unorthodox happenings in his section and request help, he did. The maiden lady scurried back with a flounce to protect her sister. Hello, Chief? This is Clancy. Yeah, Clancy, on route 29. Bring up a couple of men. The two old maids report hearing somebody in their attic, probably a man, Chief. Ha, ha, that's a laugh. Clancy returned the receiver to the hook, leaned against the fence and began to roll a cigarette. He finished rolling just in time to be picked up in the patrol car. The car screeched to a stop and Clancy got in and directed them to the ladies in distress. The chief got out first. All right now, Murphy, you stay outside and watch for anything that looks suspicious. O'Reilly, you stay here with him. Clancy and I will go up and see what it's all about. Come on, let's get going. You knock, Clancy. 11 T ,